The sustainability practitioner's guide to input-output analysis, edited by Joy Murray and Richard Wood. Champaign, Il, Common Ground Publishing LLC, 2010. 257pp. ISBN: 978-1-86335-747-0Keywords: book ...
The Camas Wastewater Treatment Facility experienced a prolonged period of poor ammonia removal (nitrification). A variety of “real-world” bench tests were developed and performed to determine if toxins were inhibiting the nitrification process. The focus of this paper is on the methodology used and conclusions drawn from the bench-testing. INTRODUCTIONTest were performed that compared toxicity ...
The craft beer movement is fueled by flavor, aroma, and creative freedom. But for the brewers at San Francisco’s Speakeasy Ales & Lagers, long filtration times and high loss were a constant drain on the joys of their craft. The solution? A uniquely efficient and easy-to-use ANDRITZ SEPARATION beer clarifier skid. The result? A range of beers with better flavor and fuller aroma, ...
Prevention of Significant Deterioration. PSD. Those three seemingly innocuous consonants are amazingly powerful in an environmental context, letters that can strike equal parts dread to a developer and joy into the heart of an EPA official charged with raising enforcement revenue. In this white paper, we’ll take a closer look at the EPA PSD permitting program, what it means to your ...
During the month of December, most of us are busy shopping, cooking, decorating and attending parties. Our days are filled with finding the perfect gift for our loved ones, baking dozens of cookies and deciding upon the best outfit to wear to each holiday event. Hours are spent with our families trimming the tree, lighting a menorah or celebrating the seven core principles of Kwanza. Regardless ...
A hydrostatic test is performed to determine the integrity and soundness of pressure vessels and piping joints. A decrease in the applied pressure or leakage through the products or joints or plastic deformation or distortion or bulging in the product is indication of inadequate quality of the product under test. This test method is also termed as Leak testing (based on the principles of ...
“One accurate measurement is worth a thousand expert opinions”. This quote from Grace Hopper, the famous American computer scientist, provides a good insight of my passion for the measurement industry. There’s no wonder why I decided to meet the challenge of working at Lufft again: The company, which I already worked for from 2008 until 2012, gave me a real taste for this ...
Winter has arrived early… Time for fun in the snow, cocoa by the fireplace, and shuffling your feet across the carpet so you can give someone an unexpected shock! We’ve all experienced the joy and pain from this, but do you know why this shock only seems to happen during the winter? You may have heard it’s from low relative humidity but may not fully understand how and why this ...
Client: National Service Provider of Rail Systems Location: Kings Cross – Sheffield Line Date: Ongoing Sector: FM Manufacturing About the Project: The project itself was initially a 12 month contract and involved GPT Waste working with the site teams to deliver a cost effective and reliable service provision across twelve different site locations along the length of the track from ...
Welwyn still requiring improvement to be brought up to motorway standard was the section between Rocstock and Stanborough. The aim here was to find an acceptable solution to a difficult problem, which would overcome the conflicting demands of highway, environment and local needs. The scheme chosen included, on environmental grounds, a 1150 metre long tunnel and in so doing created a ...
In this new series, we take a look at some of the bright and knowledgeable people behind our success here at AdEdge Water Technologies and see how they tackle their day-to-day challenges. Today we are here with Fariha Hassan, a project manager with AdEdge since 2015. What is your role at AdEdge? I work with end users, engineers and contractors to execute projects to startup and commissioning ...
Mangrove ecosystems are by definition muddy. Land and sea animals happily live and reproduce in these coastal forests, but such muddy conditions can present a bit of challenge for researchers. After seven years (mid 2003 to early 2010) carrying out various mangrove-related research activities in the Berau Delta in the Indonesian province of East Kalimantan, I know from experience that the mud ...
The calibration of water quality testing equipment is as important as the tuning of a musical instrument. When people find out I’m a chemist, the first thing they ask me is, “Are you Walter White?” (This shows you the kind of people I typically run into). The second thing they ask me is, “Why is calibration so important?” Simply stated, calibration is how we adjust ...
M-Series breathers are designed from heavy-duty materials capable of handling the requirements of the most severe environments. They replace the standard breather cap or vent tube on fuel tanks and fluid reservoirs. Pipe threads on the bottom standpipe make the units easy to install in moments. All M-Series designs have 2 micron pleated filters and silica gel bags that are ...
The M/Y Belle Aimée is a 52m (171 ft) luxury motor yacht that charters in French Polynesia. Built in 2010 by prestigious Dutch builder Amels, the Belle Aimée acquired its VideoRay Pro 4 as part of an interior and AV upgrade in 2013. Equipped with an HD camera, fiber optic tether, and manipulator arm, the Pro 4 is part of the Belle Aimée’s state-of-the-art dive center ...
Micro Pulse LiDAR remote sensing data are used to calculate a highly accurate Planetary Boundary Layer (PBL) height to improve plume models that help assess emissions sources. Poor air quality is a growing health issue that has a negative impact on the quality of life for millions of people. To help alleviate this serious problem, scientists at Bubbleology Research International (BRI) have ...
Top of the line soil sampling equipment isn’t the only thing that AMS produces. They also produce smiles on the faces of United States Troops overseas. The holidays can be lonely for U.S. troops, but it can also be immensely joyful when they know they have love and support from back home; not just from friends and family, but from complete strangers. Rick Vollweiler, AMS’s Chief ...
The fact that beer is a nourishing energy supplier was known to beer-brewing monks as early as the Middle Ages. After all, it also had to act as food during the hard times of Lent. However, the fact that this beverage, which is popular throughout the world, could become an energy supplier for the brewery and the environment in the course of the manufacturing process – to be exact, during ...
The effect of hydraulic loading rate (HLR) and media type on the removal of bulk organic matter and nitrogen from primary effluent during soil aquifer treatment was investigated by conducting laboratory-scale soil column studies. Two soil columns packed with silica sand were operated at HLRs of 0.625 and 1.25 m/d, while a third column was packed with dune filtering material and operated at HLR ...
Time: November 8th-11th 2018 Booth of BeiYi: D District No. WT36 Place: World Trade Center Metro Manila Committee: Philippine Building associationExhibition cycle: Once a year Exhibition Introduction:Philconstruct is a brand exhibition of the Philippine International Construction Equipment, Mining Equipment Forum. Hosted by the National Association of Buildings of the Philippines. It is held ...